Ageing with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a community where the transmission has been interrupted: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study (BHAS) | Zendy

Maria do Socorro Candeira Costa | Zendy; Sandhi Maria Barreto | Zendy; Guerra Hl | Zendy; J. O. Firmo | Zendy; Elizabeth Uchôa | Zendy; PG Vidigal | Zendy

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Ageing with Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a community where the transmission has been interrupted: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study (BHAS)

Author(s) -

Maria do Socorro Candeira Costa,

Sandhi Maria Barreto,

Guerra Hl,

J. O. Firmo,

Elizabeth Uchôa,

PG Vidigal

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.4.887

Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , trypanosoma cruzi , confounding , cohort , chagas disease , public health , cohort study , disease , ageing , gerontology , demography , epidemiology , immunology , pathology , parasite hosting , sociology , world wide web , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering

The prevalence of Chagas' disease is decreasing in Brazil. Due to cohort effect, the disease might remain a public health problem for some time among older individuals. The present burden of Trypanosoma cruzi infection for the elderly living in areas where the transmission has been interrupted has not been studied.

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